Startup Europe Week is an initiative promoted by the European Commission and Startup Europe, established with the aim of creating a shared moment to help European startups to grow both in their domestic market and abroad.The first edition took place from the 1st to 5th of February 2016, in each of 28 Member States. As StartupItalia! we got directly involved in the organization of the Milanese event and in the storytelling of the whole initiative in Italy, that included 31 events raising the attention on the startup ecosystem status quo in all Italian regions.